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Beginning in the spring of 2016, local entrepreneur Nathan Puffalt began working with Battlefords Boys and Girls Club Executive Director Nicole Combres on marketing strategies for the club. Of primary focus was the club’s $40 for 40 campaign.

Some major upgrades are coming to the Battlefords and the Northwest region as SaskPower reinvests in the electrical system.

A local knitting and crocheting circle has pledged 100 blankets to Battlefords Early Childhood Intervention Program to be completed by mid-December.

In the packed lower level of the North Battleford Lions Den, Canadian Mental Health Association North Battleford officially launched their fundraising campaign Make Room for Mental Health.

Students at St. Mary School paid tribute to one of their own when they took part in Terry Fox Run activities Friday afternoon. Before heading out to walk in the streets, they met in the gymnasium and paid tribute to one of St.

From 6 a.m. Friday Sept. 30 to 6:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, Battlefords RCMP detachment received 86 calls for service in the area. Sept. 30, 2016 6:14 a.m. - Report of a person threatening suicide on the Moosomin First Nation.

Drugs seized after an arrest warrant was served on an individual who was a passenger in a vehicle parked outside the Loon Lake Hotel on Sept. 29 has resulted in charges against a man and a woman.

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Second annual Operun

Two adults and one youth are facing charges following a Battlefords RCMP investigation into multiple complaints about a dark-coloured pickup truck. Reports indicated the occupants of the vehicle were in possessionof a firearm and stolen property.